When the Coker Rope & Sail Trust was formed in 2007, the buildings and the site were derelict and there was no money. SSDC generously provided scaffolding to prevent total collapse, and in the next few years – following the very helpful appearance in the BBC’s Restoration Village programme – funds were raised which allowed conservation and restoration to progress. You can see the difference made in the photos below.
Completion of the work has been made possible by the grant secured from the Heritage Lottery Fund in late 2016. See HERE
The Coker Rope & Sail Trust is very grateful to the following organisations for their support which made possible extensive restoration work:
South Somerset District Council
Somerset County Council
The Carpenters Fellowship
Architectural Heritage Fund
English Heritage
The Headley Trust
Industrial Buildings Preservation Trust
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Association for Industrial Archeology
South West Museum Development Programme
Heritage Lottery Fund
Click HERE for short film made by the Architectural Heritage Fund which features Dawe’s twineworks (3 minutes in) and the straightening of the ropewalk structure
